Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew {Starbucks Copycat}

On the search for the perfect cold brew flavor combination? The Starbucks Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew combines smooth cold brew with hazelnut syrup, chocolate cold foam, and a crumbled cookie topping. And it's so easy to make at home with this copycat recipe!

Jump to:

• 🧋 What is a Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew?
• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🗒 Ingredients
• 🌰 How to make hazelnut syrup
• 🍫 How to make chocolate cream cold foam
• 👩‍🍳 How to make Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew
• ☕️ Do I need to use cold brew?
• ⚡️ How much caffeine is in this?
• 🎉 Variations on recipe
• 🧊 More Starbucks cold brew recipes
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

I love when Starbucks launches their new seasonal drinks. But I also get pretty excited about their random launches throughout the year!

Generally when they offer new drinks that aren't seasonal releases, they are simply creating new drinks with their existing ingredients. And that's exactly what they did with this Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew for Valentine's Day 2024.

Since this drink uses all ingredients Starbucks regularly stocks, you can enjoy it any time long after Valentine's Day is over. But you can also use this easy copycat recipe to make the cold brew at home!

🧋 What is a Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew?

Starbucks has been on a bit of a cold brew kick lately with their speciality cold brews that feature a flavored syrup, a fun cold foam, and a yummy topping.

Some of their recent launches have included the White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew, the Chocolate Cream Cold Brew, the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, the Pistachio Cream Cold Brew, and the Cinnamon Caramel Cream Cold Brew.

This new drink is simply a variation on the trend! It features a deliciously robust cold brew, a sweet and nutty hazelnut syrup, a chocolate cream cold foam (learn all about cold foams here), and a cookie crumble topping.

According to Starbucks, it makes for the "perfect chocolaty-hazelnut pick-me-up." The flavors go well together and it makes a really tasty iced coffee drink any time of year.

❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

If you're a fan of Starbucks cold brew drinks and love nutty flavors and chocolate, this is most definitely the iced coffee for you!

It tastes just like the version you get at the coffee shop and is so easy to make at home with a few simple ingredients.

You can make the components ahead of time, so that you can have the drink ready in just minutes when you wake up in the morning. Or when you need an afternoon pickup!

And I highly recommend serving the drink with these Espresso Chocolate Chip Brownies- also a Starbucks copycat recipe from my friend Ashley of Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen!

🗒 Ingredients

The chocolate hazelnut cold brew consists of a few different components and you can make them all from scratch or you can opt to purchase some of them instead.

Here's what you need for each of the drink and each of the components (be sure to view the recipe card at the bottom of this post for ingredient amounts and full recipe directions):

• Cold brew: you can brew your own cold brew or use Starbucks cold brew concentrate or another brand cold brew. If you don't have cold brew, you can use the iced coffee of your choice.
• Ice
• Hazelnut syrup: you can make homemade using my recipe detailed in this post or get a bottle of it. This is the hazelnut syrup Starbucks uses or you use a different brand.
• Chocolate cream cold foam: for an easy store-bought option, you can use store-bought chocolate creamer and froth it.
• Chocolate cookies: like Oreo cookies or something similar

If you're making homemade hazelnut syrup, here's what you need:

• Water
• Granulated sugar
• Roughly chopped roasted hazelnuts: you can substitute with hazelnut extract

If you're making homemade chocolate cream cold foam, here's what you need:

• 2% milk
• Heavy cream
• Vanilla syrup: you can make your own syrup using the recipe found here or you can purchase Starbucks vanilla syrup or another less pricey brand of vanilla syrup.
• Chocolate malt powder

🌰 How to make hazelnut syrup

If you're planning to make your own hazelnut syrup, you can make it ahead of time and keep it in a jar or airtight container in your fridge, so it's ready whenever you need a sweet cold brew fix!

It's easy to make and packed with sweet and nutty flavor.

All you have to do is put water, sugar, and chopped hazelnuts (or extract) in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.

Once boiling, lower the heat and let the mixture simmer for about 10 minutes, until it has thickened a bit.

Remove the saucepan from heat. If using nuts, I recommend letting the syrup rest for about 30 minutes in the pan so the hazelnut flavor can continue to steep into the syrup.

If you're using nuts, strain the mixture into a heat-proof bowl, leaving behind the hazelnuts (I recommend saving them for snacking or topping ice cream with!).

If using extract, simply pour syrup into a heat-proof bowl or mason jar.

Keep the syrup in the bowl or transfer it into a mason jar and place in fridge to cool completely.

Syrup will continue to thicken as it cools. It should keep fresh in fridge for about a month. So, you can make a Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew whenever your heart desires!

🍫 How to make chocolate cream cold foam

Now it's time to make the chocolate cold foam!

You can prep this component in advance, but I recommend waiting to froth it into foam until right before you're ready to serve your drink.

To prep, you need to make the chocolate cold cream.

Place milk, cream, vanilla syrup, and chocolate malt powder in a mason jar and shake well to combine.

If you don't have a jar, mix all ingredients in a bowl.

I am not detailing it out in this post, but I have a whole post devoted to making vanilla syrup if you're opting to make your own for this cold foam.

Keep in fridge until ready to use. This is the cold cream.

To turn it into a cold foam, you can either use an electric frother, hand mixer, or blender.

Alternatively, you can shake the mixture in a mason jar until it's frothy.

I think cold foam is one of Starbucks' best inventions yet!

👩‍🍳 How to make Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew

Now that you have all the components made, you're ready to assemble the drink!

Just pour your cold brew into an ice-filled glass and stir in hazelnut syrup.

Top drink with chocolate cream cold foam.

Ahh I love that cold foam so much.

And sprinkle crushed chocolate cookies over cold foam.

How easy is that??

This homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew is so easy that you can make it at home in just minutes.

And the iced drink is pretty much perfection for me. I love that it's a bold and smooth iced coffee with a little nuttiness and a touch of sweetness from the hazelnut syrup and rich and creamy chocolate flavor from the cold foam.

Of course, the cookie topping is the perfect touch!

☕️ Do I need to use cold brew?

I get this question on my cold brew recipes a lot and the answer is no, it's not totally necessary for you to use cold brew for this iced drink.

You can easily make a chocolate hazelnut cookie iced coffee instead! You can even make it with nitro cold brew.

I really do love the bold smoothness of cold brew, but you can use regular iced coffee if you prefer.

⚡️ How much caffeine is in this?

Cold brew definitely has some caffeine in it and this particular drink has 185 mg of caffeine in a grande size.

For comparison's sake, a standard grande iced coffee at Starbucks has 165 mg.

🎉 Variations on recipe

I'm a big fan of the recipe Starbucks came up with for this Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew, but I also love that when you make it at home, you can alter it to your preferences.

Here are some fun ideas for modifications you can make:

• If you don't like hazelnut, but you like the idea of chocolate and cookie crumbles in your coffee, you can substitute the syrup of your choice for the hazelnut syrup. I recommend brown sugar syrup, cinnamon dolce syrup, or caramel syrup.

• If you want more cookie flavor in this coffee (sometimes the cookie crumble topping just isn't enough!), you can add a cookie dough syrup or even stir in some cookie butter. YUM!

• If you like your cold brew even bolder and don't want the added sugar, you can use spices to flavor it instead of syrup. Cinnamon, pumpkin spice, and nutmeg are all great options! You could also simply add vanilla extract, mint extract, almond extract, or the flavoring of your choice.

• Easily control the sweetness of this cold brew by adding more or less syrup into the coffee and into the cold foam.

• For even more caffeine, add a shot or two of espresso to your Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew. Talk about the perfect wakeup!

• If chocolate isn't your thing, you can make a vanilla sweet cream cold foam, a pumpkin cold foam, a cinnamon caramel cold foam, a pistachio cold foam, or the cold foam flavor of your choice.

• Adding a splash of hazelnut liqueur will turn this into a boozy cold brew if that's your thing!

🧊 More Starbucks cold brew recipes

I've linked to lots of my Starbucks cold brew copycat recipes throughout this post, but I'm also sharing my favorites below. Be sure to check out all my Starbucks copycats here.

Though this chocolate hazelnut coffee was introduced as part of Starbucks Valentine's Day specials drinks, it obviously knows no season and can be enjoyed any time of the year.

I'm excited I can now enjoy it at home from the chilly winter months all the way through the sweltering summer season!

📖 Recipe